SHOREY v. STATE

[138, September Term, 1961.]

227 Md. 385 (1962)

177 A.2d 245

SHOREY v. STATE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Carruth for appellant.

Clayton A. Dietrich, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General, Saul A. Harris, State's Attorney and Charles E. Moylan, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney of Baltimore City on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, and MARBURY, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant was tried before a court and jury on charges of rape and burglary, and convicted of both. After a motion for new trial had been overruled by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, he was sentenced to death. Since the appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we state the testimony in some detail.

The victim, a seventy-seven year old woman, was alone in her home early in the morning of...

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